On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 11:37 -0600, AJ ONeal wrote:
> I've got a project which some files which are read-only data.
> 
> 
> The files are presets for a device configuration. They get fed into an
> algorithm, but are never edited by a user.
> 
> 
> Where should these files go when the project is packaged?
> 
> 
> I've ruled out bin, and etc. I'm thinking lib???
> What's the rule of thumb for something like this?

Application data that isn't likely to change belongs in /usr. More
likely /usr/share, but sometimes /usr/libexec. Most
likely /usr/share/<app_name>.

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